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DOVER, DE -- The following information was released by the State of Delaware: Under Lt. Governor Hall-Long's leadership, efficiencies to the Board of Pardons have significantly reduced wait times, streamlined [...]

London: The University of Glasgow has issued the following news release: A fresh insight into the stories and legacy of Scotland's 1984-85 coal miners' strike and injustices has been shared [...]

From his ranch on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, Joel Ferry has a front row view of climate change: a native of Utah, the Republican farmer has seen [...]

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Byline: Haruna Gimba Yaya The Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has granted clemency to 23 convicts as part of the celebrations marking the state's 28th anniversary and Nigeria's 64th [...]

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The following information was released by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: Being right with God and with each other, through confessing sins and requesting [...]

As President Joe Biden enters his final months in office, a collective voice resounding from criminal justice reform advocates from coast to coast is calling for the POTUS to pardon [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by Radio Free Asia: Recently released after nearly 16 years in prison, Vietnamese human rights activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc walks up [...]

TRENTON, NJ -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of New Jersey: Governor Phil Murphy earlier this year unveiled a historic clemency initiative -- established [...]

LOS ANGELES: Beard Bros Pharms has issued the following news release: On March 24th, 2024, the Biden Administration released a statement regarding presidential pardons that saw clemency granted to 11 [...]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s top leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners including foreigners and people accused of anti-state crimes, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday. IRNA reported that [...]

Byline: the Asia-Pacific Newsroom george speight, treason, death penalty, pardon Courts and Trials; Coups d’état; Prisons and Punishment A failed coup leader originally sentenced to death for treason has been [...]

Byline: Mumini Abdulkareem, Ilorin Three inmates have regained their freedom following the intervention of the Chief Judge (CJ) of Kwara State, Justice Abiodun Ayodele Adebara. They were pardoned after their [...]

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday pardoned 37 people serving prison sentences for “extremist' crimes, his office said. It is the fourth time since July that [...]

The AGF solicited the cooperation of all stakeholders, especially the states Attorneys General in the fight against corruption. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, [...]

Byline: UPI STAFF Sept. 8 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1565, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the continental United States was founded on [...]

LOS ANGELES: Beard Bros Pharms has issued the following news release: Beard Bros Pharms, a legacy brand and respected media outlet on the leading edge of the legal cannabis industry, [...]

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 30 people Wednesday who were serving prison sentences for 'protest-related crimes,” his press service said. It's the third time in three [...]

Byline: Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — The Nebraska Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that could upend voting rights for tens of thousands of people convicted [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of Justice: The Office of the Pardon Attorney (Pardon) released a Spanish-language version of its application for commutation of [...]

Byline: Elia Ntali Opposition United African National Council (UANC) leader Gwinyai Muzorewa has called on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to release all political party members and civilians detained before, during, [...]

Morocco's king has pardoned nearly 5,000 people convicted or wanted on charges linked to illegal cannabis cultivation, the justice ministry said in a statement on Monday. A farmer tends to [...]

Morocco's king has pardoned nearly 5,000 people convicted or wanted on charges linked to illegal cannabis cultivation, the justice ministry has said. Morocco is a major cannabis producer and has [...]

Ouazzane -- The families of beneficiaries of the Royal Pardon granted by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, on the occasion of the anniversary of the King and People's Revolution, from [...]

On 14 August, President Evariste Ndayishimiye signed a decree that secured Irangabiye's release after 18 months behind bars. Irangabiye, a journalist with the online radio station Igicaniro - a media [...]

(JURIST) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 30 people convicted of crimes of the protest variety Friday. Of those released, 14 were women and 16 were men, all retirement-aged or [...]

August 17, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- BANGKOK -- Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been included in a royal pardon to end his jail term earlier than scheduled, [...]

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian President https://apnews.com/hub/alexander-lukashenko has pardoned 30 prisoners convicted for taking part in protests, the presidential office said Friday. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader-in-exile, welcomed [...]

Byline: Times Reporter Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has pardoned a journalist who was serving a 10-year prison sentence for 'endangering the integrity of the national territory.' Floriane Irangabiye 'benefits from [...]

Byline: Wallace Ruzvidzo Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Deputy Minister Simelisizwe Sibanda yesterday said he had learnt his lesson and grown from misdemeanours that got him [...]

(JURIST) - The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko pardoned a German national who was sentenced to death in June, the governments press service announced on Tuesday. Lukashenkos statement has now [...]

Byline: Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa has reinstated former Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Deputy Minister Simelisizwe Sibanda, who was relieved of his duties early last month for [...]

Byline: Journal Record Staff OKLAHOMA CITY Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked members of the state Pardon and Parole Board to reject clemency for Emmanuel Littlejohn, who was convicted of [...]

Prague, July 30 (CTK) - Czech President Petr Pavel has granted his first pardons since March 2023 when he has become the head of state - to two mothers of [...]